The scheme established in favour of cereal-producing farmers and cereal-collecting agricultural cooperatives under Ministerial Decisions No 56700/Β.3033/8.12.2008 and No 2/88675/0025/9.2.2008 in the form of a loan guaranteed by the Greek State with an interest-rate subsidy constitutes State aid. This State aid granted by Greece illegally, in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is incompatible with the internal market.